A typology is a system of classification used to organize things according to similar or dissimilar characteristics. Groups of things within a typology are known as "types".
The earliest evidence for the use of typology as a noun in the English language dates to the 1850s when it was invoked by William Maxwell Hetherington.
See also
- Typology (anthropology), human anatomical categorization based on morphological traits
- Typology (archaeology), classification of artefacts according to their characteristics
- Building typology, relating to buildings and architecture
- Farm typology, farm classification by the USDA
- Typology of Greek vase shapes, classification of Greek vases
- Johnson's Typology, a classification of intimate partner violence
- Typology (linguistics), study and classification of languages according to their structural features
- Morphological typology, a method of classifying languages
- Typology (psychology), a model of personality types
- Psychological typologies, classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people
- Sociopolitical typology, four types, or levels, of a political organization
- Typology (statistics), a concept in statistics, research design and social sciences
- Typology (theology), the Christian interpretation of some figures and events in the Old Testament as foreshadowing the New Testament
- Blanchard's transsexualism typology, a controversial classification of trans women
- Typology (urban planning and architecture), the classification of characteristics common to buildings or urban spaces
- The Bechers' photographic typologies
- Typification, a process of creating standard (typical) social construction based on standard assumptions
- Topology (disambiguation)
- Type (disambiguation)